Mike Pouncey

As a young graduate assistant at Florida State, Terry Bowden remembers what defensive line/linebackers coach Chuck Amato used to tell players before the Seminoles' infamous mat drills. "Just remember, gentlemen, the body is a wonderful machine. You will pass out before you die." That hard-nosed mentality was shared by almost everybody on the team, and Bowden said Amato was no different than most other tough coaches who tried to instill that same quality in their players. Now, nearly 30 years after he got his coaching start on his father Bobby's staff, Bowden cringes at what he didn't know. Since then, his father has had a player die. In 2001, FSU linebacker...

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